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by Georgeann Higgins
On Friday, April 3, in the Gor-
man Faculty Lounge, Professor Rich-
ard Ebeling of Hillsdale College in
Michigan and his wife Dr. Anna
Shapiro, anative Russian with a Ph.D.
in American history from Moscow
University, led an informal discus-
sion concerning the state of Russia
after last August’s coup attempt.
They also discussed the benefits and
detriments of Bush’s proposed $74
billion aid package.
Ebeling, a specialist in Austrian
economics, has been to Russia sev-
eral times in the past, and was in
Russia during the coup attempt last
August. “The days were tense.
a country hanging in the balance,” he
said. The people were euphoric after
the coup failed, especially when the
hammer and sickle flag came down and
the traditional Russian colors went up.
“The euphoria is now gone. The Soviet
Union has been abolished but all the in-
stitutional structures—the ministries,
the bureaucracies—are still in place.
They are still manned by the same
people,” he said.
Ebeling said that all the promises
Boris Yeltsin made a few months ago
will never become a reality unless
Yeltsin’s government continues with
because the University was playing
larger, full-scholarship universities.
Our present conference is composed of
comparably-sized schools that also do
not offer scholarships.
Besides making it easier to sched-
ule games, the conference has the added
advantage of holding a district tourna-
ment for each sport with the possibility
of going to the national tournament.
Finally, having a competitive inter-
collegiate sports program has been
found in other cases to help recruitment
and retention of students.
Many question why golf or volley-
ball became the chosen sports. The
conference sports to choose from for
men were football, baseball or golf.
For the women the options were volley-
ball or track and Held.
Athletic Director Dr. Jackie Dis-
selkoen defended the decision in this
way:
“Football and baseball are out of the
question due to the demands of money,
numbers and traveling.”
With regards to the women, she
said, “We have a substantial women’s
volleyball club, and this is also the easi-
est program to instigate monetarily and
The problem is the psychology of
the leadership, who still operate with a
Marxist frame of mind. “Many spent
time in the gulag and believe that people
must be led to freedom; they must plan
how much freedom the people should
have and when they should have it”
Ebeling compared this logic to the fool
who wants to know how to swim before
he enters the water. In his opinion the
people should be given their freedom
and be responsible for themselves.
Ebeling expressed concern that this
parental attitude of the Russian leaders .
could lead to another coup.
Shapiro holds a Ph.D in American
history from Moscow University and
lived in Russia until last November.
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She detailed the opinions of the
Russian people on a grassroots level.
To the people trapped there, Russia is
“a huge concentration camp popu-
lated by 400 million people.”
“Communism formally collapsed
but nothing has changed. The indi-
vidual countries had political heads
of those regions before the coup...[for
the most part] the leaders are still the
same, and they were all party mem-
bers, including Yeltsin, who will
never get rid of the party mentality.”
After the revolution of 1917 the
new Marxist government systemati-
cally killed all people who knew of
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The lack of facilities for baseball,
football or track and field were also
noted as a factor barring these sports
for the time being.
Those interested in participating
in varsity golf or volleyball next se-
mester should contact the athletic de-
partment.
There will be room for at least 10
to 11 women’s volleyball players and
five golfers.
The volleyball club, in prepara-
tion for next year's competition, will
be practicing on Wednesday nights
beginning at 8 pun. until the end of
this semester. Those interested in
playing volleyball, male or female,
are invited to attend.
The golf team will be practicing
at local private and public golf courses
as well as on the driving range lo-
cated on University property next
year.
Junior FredSchuncksaid, “I think
volleyball is a very good sport that
everyone can participate in. You just
get a bunch of people on the court
and you can't really mess up. I can't
wait to try out for the golf team!!”
by Joseph Meaney
The University will add two new
intercollegiate sports next fall, men’s
golf and women’s volleyball.
The announcement of this decision
by the athletic department has spurred
controversy among the student body.
A statement of the reasons behind this
decision may provide answers to the
many questions that have been raised
on this subject.
The principal reason for adding
two new conference sports next year
was a determination reached by the
Presidents of the TTAA (Texas Inter-
collegiate Athletic Association) Con-
ference, of which UD is apart inNAIA
District Eight , to raise the require-
ments for each member school to three
men’s and three women’s conference
sports.
Currently UD only competes in
men's and women's basketball and
tennis in conference play. The obvious
choices were to add two new sports or
leave the conference. Several argu-
ments have been put forward to justify
our participation in NAIA District
Eight
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basketball team came about largely
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Senior Devin Hayes swings in celebration of the two new sports.
Though now we see the ineptness of the their radical changes of the past He has
leaders, especially during the first two a plan for privatization of businesses
days there you could feel the tension of and land, but it will not be implemented
for at least another five years. Yeltsin
wants to first stabilize the ruble so
countries can invest in Russia.
Not helping the ruble matter is the
government’s method of covering
losses. “They do it just by printing
rubles day and night,” said Ebeling.
The citizens he has talked to since
the coup are beginning to lose hope.
Many of them hoped for just a light at
the end of the tunnel. They do not want
to go back to the past; they just want
Yeltsin to honor his early promises,
especially the promise to privatize land
and small businesses.
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